Wow, tomorrow Bren and I will celebrate our ten year wedding anniversary. that's right TEN YEARS. Somehow it really doesn't seam that long at all.
We actually met some time in November/December 1990 via mutual friends at the Rocky Horror Picture Show when it was playing at Balboa Peninsula. It was sort of a "Hello this is my friend X" meeting & we didn't talk much. But by January 1991 we were seeing each other - much to the shock of our friends. I still remember the TexAvery-esq jaw drop & eye popping our friend Bequi made when she saw us together & alone at Denny's. Yes, my friends and myself were part of the Denny's post midnight crowd.
Fast forward a few years of dating & we got Married on August 13, 1994 at Saint Simon & Jude in Huntington Beach. Bren was & still is my lovely bride. :-)
There are a few lessons that I would like to share that I learned on that day:
1) August can be known for it's heat waves.
2) During a heat wave, if you are riding in the back of an open horse drawn buggy to the reception. Wear a hat, sunblock, light weight clothing, and a 10lb bag of ice. Our faces were burned.
3) Don't let your sister in law video tape the wedding. She put the camera on a broken tripod on one of the pews. A few minutes into the service the camera base got loose and tilted 45° to the side. And since the camera was not high enough & catholic weddings take not only time - but a lot of standing and sitting - well people would stand up & block it. So when you could see the service, it was like being in one of Batman's enemy lairs. But that's OK - somebody inadvertantly taped over it anyways.
4) Do NOT freeze the top layer of the cake & eat it on you first anniversary. No matter how well you wrap in in plastic wrap - it WILL get freezer burn (and taste horrible)
5) Dip. When it comes to the big kiss at the end of the service - Dip. You will not regret it.

Fast forward yet another 10 years & you'll be at tomorrow. Then on Saturday we're going on a helicopter flight to Catalina for the day. It's going to be great!

Who knows what the next 100 years will bring with Bren. But if they're half as good as the first 10 - I'll be estatic!
That's right Grimm Reaper, F-U. Mortatily is the chicken shit way out of life.